The Fujifilm X-Pro3 is a favorite among many street photographers and retro camera fans – and yet the rangefinder-inspired camera hasn’t seen a successor in more than five years. In the time frame since the October 2019 launch of the X-Pro3, Fujifilm has launched two of its rangefinder-like X100 series compact cameras, leaving many to wonder if the X-Pro line has been abandoned. But, Fujifilm has a reason for not introducing the X-Pro4 so quickly: they want it to be good.
In an interview with PetaPixel during the CP+ photography show, a Fujifilm executive said that a successor will come in the future, but it needs to be “something which would satisfy the expert users.” Yuji Igarashi, a general manager inside Fujifilm's Professional Imaging Group, then proceeded to call putting the latest sensor and processor that are already available in other cameras inside an X-Pro like body “boring.”
